Staff Education

Littleton Regional Healthcare strives to educate and develop all employees to provide quality, compassionate and accessible healthcare in a manner that brings value to our staff, patients, and their families. Regularly scheduled classes and courses for LRH staff are listed on this website. If you would like to register for a course or need more information please email cflores@littletonhospital.org.

Evidence-Based Care at Littleton Regional Healthcare

Lippincott Nursing Procedures & Skills

Lippincott's Nursing Procedures & Skills is our official source for step-by-step clinical nursing procedures for all hospital clinical areas. The nursing management team has moved most LRH clinical nursing procedures to this location and has customized frequently used Lippincott procedures so they are consistent with our policies.

Lippincott's Nursing Procedures & Skills is the LRH official Nursing Department Clinical Procedure Manual. The website has over 2000 clinical procedures that are updated quarterly. This website can be accessed at the point of care through our Workstations on Wheels (WOWs) and all desk top computers on campus with access to the internet. To create a user ID and Password to access this resource off campus or through your smart phone or iPad, contact the Education Department.

Mosby Nursing Consult

Mosby's Nursing Consult contains access to all nursing textbooks and journals published by Mosby. This includes the online edition of Gahart's IV Medication Administration, which is approved by our Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee as the source of current information for safe administration of infusion therapy. Use this resource to access free nursing continuing education programs, patient education resources and the nursing literature.

LRH Education and Staff Development Websites and Resources

eLearning Websites

Access the American Association of Critical Care Nurses E-Learning Website on or off campus by clicking on the above logo.

Online Education Opportunities for all Employees

Are you considering beginning or continuing your nursing education? Are you having difficulting deciding what type of program is right for you? Here is a website that contains reliable information about the types of programs that exist, and links to programs in New Hampshire (and the other 49 states) that may meet your needs. Go to BSNedu.org

Online Nursing Programs

RNtoBSNOnline.com, is a comprehensive online resource for registered nurses considering a bachelor's degree in nursing. This team has collected all the unbiased, research based information you need to make informed decisions about your education.

Drexel University - Through an educational partnership between Littleton Regional Healthcare and Drexel University Online, employees and their immediate family members can achieve their academic goals by earning a distinguished degree or certificate conveniently online. Nursing staff can complete their BSN degree or consider an online RN-MSN bridge program or other graduate degrees in business. Take advantage of this exclusive opportunity to advance your education with one of “America’s BEST Colleges 2013” as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. Learn more about the programs and benefits available to LRH employees through this program by clicking on the Drexel University Online button or hyperlink (above) or enter this URL in your internet browser www.drexel.com/LRHC.

Southern New Hamshire University offers a variety of online programs. Through an educational partnership between SNHU and LRH, employees and their family members qualify for a 10% discount on all SNHU online degrees. In addition, nurses who completed an ADN at any New Hampshire Community College since 2010 can complete their BSN online for the same tuition rate plus the 10% discount! For more information go to http://www.snhu.edu/ps/default.asp.

University of Maine - Fort Kent Online RN-BSN program. This program is designed to be as flexible and responsive to individual student needs as possible within the constraints of curriculum, university and accreditation requirements, and quality educational theory. The length of the program is dependent upon the amount of acceptable transfer credit; success in completion of CLEP, proficiency, and nursing examinations; and part-time or full-time status. In most instances a minimum of two years should be anticipated for completion. For more information go to: https://www.umfk.edu/nursing/ .

Funding an Education

Need ideas for funding your education, finding a college/university that provides VALUE for the dollars you pay? Need money to go back to school or pay off a student loan? Here are some hyperlinks to information about finding a program that will give you as value for your education dollar, scholarships and Student Loan Forgiveness programs for healthcare professionals in high need areas.

The National Health Service Corps offers loan repayment assistance to support qualified health care providers who choose to bring their skills where they’re most needed. These awards are based on the need of the community where the graduate works, not on his or her income or assets. To access more information about this program go to http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/.

Every year the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program enables dedicated registered nurses committed to caring for underserved people to serve in hospitals and clinics in some of America's neediest communities, improving the lives of their patients and transforming their own. To acces the information sheet about this program, click here. For application and more details go to http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/repayment/nursing/index.html .

Lippincott's Nursing Center.com LRH staff can create an account with Lippincott from any computer on campus to access free and low cost continuing education, nursing news, journals and other clinical and professional information from home.

Nurse CEU.com This website provides a directory of free continuing education courses from a variety of university, professional organization and vendor sources.